Romila Thapar

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Dario Azzellini

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Krishna Sobti

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Saadat Hasan Manto

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Gail Omvedt

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K.N. Panikkar

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Eric Toussaint

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Paul Amar

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Mary E. John

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Sam Gindin

Sam Gindin holds the Packer Chair in Social Justice in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto.

Immanuel Ness

Immanuel Ness (b. 1958) is an activist and scholar who teaches at the Brooklyn College of the City University, New York.